Show AT THE li IHL AM y l JJ H HoUse us n n 11 Passes P ts s the Bill Graduating the Penalty I V PLEA FOR MERRIWETHER Hundreds of Cadets at nl Training In- In I Guilty of or Ing Ha in One Omme Fr Form Ot or on Another Washington D. D C. C March 2 24 Without a dissenting dl vote the hoti hou c e today pasted passed u 11 bill the penalty penalty pen pen- alt alty for fol hazing at of the Ule naval academy The measure a re was framed by tho thu subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee of tho the naval affairs committee com coin which conducted a personal in inquiry itt itt- Wiry Into Inte the tho scandal scand 1 al at at Annapolis Tho rho present law Jaw punishes ha hazing with dismissal The proposed law puts puls the punishment u lh direction of C the I superintendent of th the mt whom who m may if ho ho sees lit fit excuse e or p punish with demerits or with the tho approval of the yie secretary of or the navy na In Inise use ise of repeated offenses dismissal al Ho lie may In hl lib his also for a single sins act nt or hazing discretion have a court martial which ma may in Its Ils discretion In lit case of oC coO conviction cop con inflict demerits or severer punishment pun pun- of oC an offender Upheld 1 Rev Ho HoVre Vre Vreeland land o of New York who headed the thc Investigating In committee upheld Midshipman COI his hazing on Midshipman Branch in which the latter hatter was killed He lie declared de de- IC- IC dared that he should make moke an appeal to tho the President for ot the pardon of oC l and anti secure his r release l ase front from the sentence of ot one ono yours your's confinement con con- to the grounds of oC the tho acad acad- emy orny om He lie told of oC the incidents h that le led 1 Ul UI up to the fight I say that a n boy Is hf not fit to carry carlY his country's commission who would not have havO resented the th Insult given on I on ott that occasion he lie exclaimed with feel In lug ing Hearty applause from r republican anti and democratic members greeted the statement t Thorp ar aro 2 1 cadets atthe at atthe atthe the aca academy emy guilty of or hazing In one form torm or 01 another ho Previous Pre to lo the consideration of tho the hazing bill O private pension bills were passed Before adjournment the senate tf amendments to the tho appropriation ap up- bill were disagreed dl lt red to and the tho Ito measure sent to a conference with Smith of Iowa loua and l I of Ohio republicans and anti Fitzgerald of ot New ew York democrat as aa conferees on the part rt of the lie house |